The Finest Hours, 2016. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Holliday Grainger, Ben Foster, Kyle Gallner, John Magaro and Eric Bana. SYNOPSIS: The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Disney are taking […]
DVD Review – The House on Pine Street (2015)
The House on Pine Street, 2015. Directed by Aaron Keeling and Austin Keeling. Starring Emily Goss, Taylor Bottles, Cathy Barnett, Natalie Pellegrini, Tisha Swart-Entwistle and Jim Korinke. SYNOPSIS: Parents-to-be Jennifer and Luke move from Chicago to Kansas and begin to experience spooky goings on in their new house. The House on Pine Street is not, […]
Movie Review – Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
Fifty Shades of Black, 2016. Directed by Michael Tiddes. Starring Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett, Jane Seymour, Florence Henderson, Jenny Zigrino, Fred Willard, and Mike Epps. SYNOPSIS: An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship. Normally, whenever I’m about to watch a modern-day Marlon Wayans […]
Blu-ray Review – Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
Batman: Bad Blood, 2016. Directed by Jay Oliva. Featuring the voice talents of Jason O’Mara, Sean Maher, Yvonne Strahovski, Stuart Allan, Morena Baccarin, Steve Blum, Gaius Charles, John DiMaggio, James Garrett, Ernie Hudson, Robin Atkin Downes, Vanessa Marshall, Bruce Thomas, Matthew Mercer, Jason Spisak, Travis Willingham and Kari Wahlgren. SYNOPSIS: Bruce Wayne is missing. Alfred […]
Movie Review – Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight, 2015. Directed by Tom McCarthy Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schrieber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Billy Crudup and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its […]
Second Opinion – Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight, 2015. Directed by Tom McCarthy. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: A true story documenting the events that led to The Boston Globe uncovering a history of child molestation covered up by the local Catholic Archdiocese. Featured in the 2013 Blacklist as one of the […]
Movie Review – Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Eddie the Eagle, 2016. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Starring Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken and Tim McInnerny. SYNOPSIS: Charting the Olympic career of famous UK ski-jumper Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards… Inspiration is a funny thing. Idols who achieve feats we can’t comprehend are on a different planet. Inspirations are easier to understand. We’re […]
Second Opinion – Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Dirty Grandpa, 2016. Directed by Dan Mazer. Starring Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break. You really don’t need a review to come to the conclusion that Dirty […]
The Flash Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘The Reverse-Flash Returns’
Jessie Robertson reviews the eleventh episode of The Flash season 2… If anyone’s going to Big Belly, I’ll take 2 Triple-Triple’s please! Ok, now Patty’s gone….I think- This week was all about turning back the clock, er…I mean, erasing history….well, let’s start with the easy stuff. Patty, before she left, did some digging into Barry’s […]
Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Better Angels’
Amy Richau reviews the third episode of Agent Carter season 2… The third episode of Agent Carter “Better Angels” answers a lot of questions from the two episode premiere last week. Scientist Wilkes is not dead (not surprising), but he’s not fully alive either. Whitney Frost’s new black scar is a danger not only to […]
